#queerscientist — Public Fediverse posts

How LGBTQ+ people are defending Earth in the climate crisis

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/environment/queer-community-and-climate-change

How LGBTQ+ people are defending Earth in the climate crisis

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/environment/queer-community-and-climate-change

I'm really glad Orfelia fultoni are getting more popular in the caving community because they are neat critters and I can always use more study sites. But I really wish people would not spread false info. So. Here are fun facts:
1) They are not worms, they are a larval form of a fungus gnat.
2) Their webs are not really 'sticky', prey have been observed moving across just fine, however there *is* oxalic acid in play.
3) While you may think of the famous caves in New Zealand, these are in the US southeast region and even have a distinct chemistry to the bioluminescence.
4) They are super cool. And despite every news story saying they're impossible to photograph, or reporting even NatGeo couldn't video them.... I can. I even have a lovely hi res video of a prey capture. But...I'm a queer fem so what do I know.

Boost so maybe they see that someone can do this?

#glow #biology #queer #science #queerscientist #stem #cave #caves #caving #speleology #karst #NatGeo #NationalGeographic

New Paper! :OpenAccess:

About a new cave silverfish - not just a new species but a new genus - that we discovered here in Alabama: Spinanycta alabamensis

https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/119986/

#cave #caves #biology #nature #science #queer #queerscientist #cavescience #karst #karststudies #silverfish #invertibrates

Orfelia fultoni
aka “Glowworm”
It is not actually a worm, but a fly larvae! I have an ongoing research project studying their use of caves.

#caving #speleo #speleology #diptera #foxfire #glow #dark #longexposure #queerscientist #entomology #entomologist #queer #lgbtq #cave #caves

Orfelia fultoni
aka “Glowworm”
It is not actually a worm, but a fly larvae! I have an ongoing research project studying their use of caves.

#caving #speleo #speleology #diptera #foxfire #glow #dark #longexposure #queerscientist #entomology #entomologist #queer #lgbtq #cave #caves

Sorting cave inverts from today.

#fieldwork #biology #queer #queerscientist #entomology #cavebio #cavebiology #macro

Another paper published! This one is about the Crystal-Wonder system in Tennessee.
Read full text :OpenAccess: : https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/7/801
It's open access, so don't worry about not being able to open it :)

(the banner is from diversity, I added some of my photos in the system for interest)

#cave #caves #caving #cavebiology #queer #queerscientist #diversity #biodiversity #nature